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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used a Saturday trip to Houston to address families of victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants - and blast Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as unsympathetic to their concerns. "When Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the matter of this country refusing to take back their deported citizens came before Hillary Clinton's desk," Trump said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges in a scheme involving illegal stock sales and false financial filings of a company that makes containers for growing marijuana. An SEC investigation found that William J. Sears orchestrated the scheme along with his brother-in-law Scott M. Dittman, who was the CEO and sole officer at Fusion Pharm Inc. while Sears concealed his control from behind the scenes.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Gov. Maggie Hassan are pointing fingers at each other over a pledge to limit third-party spending in their Senate race. Five months ago, Planned Parenthood's political arm targeted Sen. Kelly Ayotte with its first television ad of any of the U.S. Senate races across the country.
In a move that is sure to draw the ire of Republicans, California officials are asking the Obama administration this week to approve a plan that would allow undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance on the state's public exchange. Officials say up to 30 percent of the state's 2 million undocumented adults could be eligible for the program, and about 17,000 people are expected to participate in the first year, if the plan is approved.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said today that he's not in favor of requiring a prescription to purchase birth control. In a taped interview on "The Dr. Oz Show," Trump said, "I would say it should not be a prescription; it should not be done by prescription."
Day two of the Charles and Linda Bolton federal tax trial involved two government witnesses on the stand throughout the day, and will likely be the last of the witnesses before the government rests. Renee Moore, a certified public accountant for Topp McWhorter Harvey, PLLC, which was formerly Nicholson & Company was the government's sixth witness.
The oldest of four teenagers accused of murdering a Conway couple last year will get to keep secret a document arguing why his case should be transferred to juvenile court even though his co-defendants' similar motions were open to the public. Two other motions on behalf of defendant Hunter Drexler of Clinton also have been sealed.
I don't apologize for being "liberal." We lefties encourage fairness, justice, affordable healthcare, the opportunity for a good education and a safety net for those less fortunate than ourselves.
In a little noticed memo released last Friday afternoon , the Obama administration signaled to insurers that it is eyeing another way to funnel bailout money to the industry that has been racking up billions of losses through Obamacare. Three years into its implantation, Obamacare still hasn't attracted enough young and healthy individuals to offset the cost of covering older and sicker enrollees who are now guaranteed an offer of coverage through the law.
For months, Americans wondered whether the FBI, led by Director James Comey, would take down the most corrupt woman in the history of American politics, Hillary Clinton. According to new documents from the FBI's investigation of Clinton, the agency was fully aware Clinton lied when she said she set up a private server in order to utilize one Blackberry device - she used 13 mobile devices and two phone numbers.
BUSINESSMAN Bryan Ta-ala, who is facing charges for gun smuggling, has not been placed under the monitoring of the Bacolod City Police Office after he posted bail Thursday, September 8. Senior Superintendent Flynn Dongbo, acting city police director, said Ta-ala is already a free man after he was ordered released by the Regional Trial Court. Dongbo said Ta-ala's party and the group of Senior Inspector Ariel Artillero, head of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group -Negros Occidental went to his office Thursday, following the incident that happened inside the Clerk of Court Office at the Hall of Justice.
Then, in a legal drama that a federal judge said Friday "puts judicial humanity to the test," the grief-stricken former Marine missed a benefit appeals deadline. Now he's lost again, prompting the dissenting judge to declare that two courts "fail the test" of humane generosity toward veterans.
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday dropped corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, bringing to a close a case that tarnished the once-rising star of the Republican Party. "After carefully considering the Supreme Court's recent decision and the principles of federal prosecution, we have made the decision not to pursue the case further," the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
BACOLOD. Businessman Bryan Ta-ala posts bail before the Regional Trial Court in Bacolod City Thursday for two counts of violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.
The case against former Republican Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife has been dropped by the Department of Justice. The Washington Post reports : Federal prosecutors will not attempt to retry former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on corruption charges, ending a years-long saga that rocked the commonwealth's political class and cut short the rise of a Republican Party star.
In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. With the nation still divided over "Obamacare," President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the government.
Sean Ragan, FBI special agent in charge of criminal investigation, addresses the media during a press conference at Cal Poly to inform the public of a renewed search for the remains of Kristin Smart at sites on the Cal Pol... . San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson addresses the media during a press conference at Cal Poly to inform the public of a renewed search for the remains of Kristin Smart at sites on the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, C... via AP).